Countries
South Africa
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5343
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4334
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Unjani
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Molo
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Ndicela
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
South Africa
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
South Africa
India
How Many People Speak
19.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
913
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
xhosa
bhojpuri
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
16th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Bhojpuri
Language Position
2137
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
bho
ISO 639 2/B
xho
bho
ISO 639 3
xho
bho
ISO 639 6
xho
bho
Glottocode
xhos1239
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-